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- NOV- 10,

- T. G. ERICKSON I GAME Filed March 18. 1925 75, 4? GEL/eke INVE NTOR ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GAME.

Application fil ed March 18, 1925. Serial No. 16,502.

and State of Rhode Island, have invented.

new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a speclfication.

My present invention has reference to a game apparatus.

My object is to produce a game apparatus in which the game of baseball is designed to be played by two opponents who, by means of spinners and men, can execute and record all of the several plays made by the several players on opposing nines in a real baseball game.

A further object is the construction of a baseball game apparatus in which all of the playing parts or pieces may be readily stored when the game is not being played, but readily set up in a convenient condition for the playing of the game.

A still further object is the production of an apparatus for playing a game of baseball that includes a board comprising two flanged hingedly connected members, one of which representing a playing field and the other having dials thereon bearing indicia indicating the different plays of the game, the hands of which designed to be spun so that the fingers of the said hands will rest on certain of the indicia so that men may be arranged on the field at the indicated positions, or retired therefrom, while on the field there are two pivoted men representing respectively the pitcher and the catcher, each having a finger movable over an indicator dial to indicate balls and strikes respectively, while also associated with the device there is a score board and a box for containing the playing men therein and designed to be received in the apparatus when the sections thereof are swung to closed position.

For a full and comprehensive understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the drawings in which there is illustrated a simple and satisfactory embodiment of the improvement reduced to practice.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement in set-up position.

igure 2 is a similar view of the box for rontaining the playing men or pieces and the tags for indicating the scores and names of teams.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 38 of Figure 1.

The improvement contemplates the employment of a box-like structure. Both sections of the structure are flanged and are each of a similar size and shape. For distinction, however, I will refer to one of the sections as the body of the box, and have indicated the same by the numeral 1 in the drawings. The second section I will refer to as the cover. This section has one of its edges hinged, as at 2, to one of the flanged edges of the body 1. The cover is indicated by the numeral 3.

On the inner face of the body 1 there is a field representing a diamond 4, circles 5 in the out-field to the rear of the first, sec- 0nd and third bases of the diamond and stars 6 inscribed to one side of each of the circles 5. Of course, other figures than stars and circles may be employed.

In the middle of the diamond 4 there is secured a metal plate 7 whose center is rounded or bulged outwardly and through which there is passed a binding element such as a screw 8 that passes through the concaved or rounded portion 9 of a metal plate that is secured in the concaved base of a'player piece 10. The plate 9 has a finger extension 11. The binding element 8 exerts a suflicient pressure between the plates 7 and 9 to cause a frictional engagement between these elements so that the player piece 10 cannot be freely turned. At the rear of the home plate on the diamond there is positioned a second and similar player piece 12 secured on the field in the same manner as the player piece 10 and having a projecting finger 13. The fingers 11 and 13 of the pieces 10 and 12 are arranged over segmental dials 14 and 15 respectively, and these dials have imprinted thereon numerals. The player pieces 10 and 12 have rounded heads, and on the head of the player piece 10 there is inscribed the letter S, while the letter B is imprinted on the head of the player piece 12. The player piece 10 represents the pitcher and the piece 12 the catcher. The letter S on the player piece 10 is to indicate strikes, and as eachstrike is made against the batter. the piece 10 is turned so that its finger 11 will successively be brought over the numerals on the segmental dial 9, while the turning of the player piece 12 brings its finger 18 over the numerals on the dial 15 to indicate balls thrown by the pitcher.

The field of the cover 3 has either secured or imprinted thereon two spaced circular dials 16 and 17 respectively, each of the dials having centrally pivoted thereon hands 18 and 19 respectively. The hands are in the nature of spinners, and the dial 16 is divided into segments, each having indicia therein to indicate the play made by the batter. Thus after the spinner has been turned by one of the players and the indicating finger thereof rests on a segment bearing the word Hit, it is to indicate that the batter has made a hit and in a like manner when the spinner rests on other of the segments, it will indicate that a ball has been pitched, a foul ball has been batted or a strike has been made.

The second dial 17 is likewise divided into segments which indicate the play made by the fielders. When the hand 17 has been spun and the finger thereof rests on the segments bearing the words Out, it is to i1 dicate that the batter has been put out and when the finger rests on the segments bearing the words First base, Second base, Third base or Home run, it is to indicate that the batter, after having hit the ball, is entitled to first, second, third base or a home run, while should the finger of the spinner rest on the segment bearing the words Steal base, it is to indicate that the runner has stolen a base. I

Hingedly secured on the field of the cover 2, adjacent to the outer flanged edge thereof, there is a plate 20, the lower or hinged edge of which being cut at an angle so that when the plate is swung upright, it will assume an angular position on the cover his plate 20 hason its outer end a laterally extending plate 21 bearing the inscriptions Innings, Scores, a division below the word Scores and other divisions to the side of the inscriptions, the upper series of which bearing figures to represent the innings played. These divisions have arranged thereon headed studs 22 designed to be passed through openings in plates or cardboards 23. The longer cardboards have inscribed thereon the names of the contending ball teams, while the smaller plates bear numerals to indicate the number of runs made by the contending teams in each inning. The score board 21 may be swung into the closure when not required for use and the plates 23 are designed to be packed in a compartment 2 1 in a box 25 which is arranged in and enclosed in the device when not in use. In the second compartment 26 of the box 25' there are arranged playing pieces 27., similar to the playing pieces 10 and 12. The playing pieces 27 represent the men on the opposing teams.

In starting the game, a playing piece 27 is placed on the home plate. Two persons play the game. One player spins the hand 18. If the pointer of the hand 18 rests on the dial section containing the inscription Ball, the figure 12 representing the catcher is turned so that the finger 13 on the said figure is brought opposite the numeral 1 on the dial 15. The first player again spins the hand 18. Should the finger of the hand 18 rest on the segment bearing the words Foul ball,the second player spins the hand 18, and if the finger of the said hand rests on one of the segments of the dial 17 hearing the word Out, the man at bat re tired, and a man or playing piece is moved from the star 6 nearest the first base on to the circle 5. This clearly indicates that one player of the team at bat is out. Should, however, the finger of the hand 19 rest on any of the other inscription bearing segments of the dial 17, the foul ball is counted as a strike and the playing piece representing the pitcher is turned to bring the finger 11 over the numeral 1 on the dial 14-. The hand 18 is again spun, and should the finger thereof rest on the segment bearing the inscription Hit, the second player spins the hand 19 and if the hand rests on first, second or third base, or on home run, the player at bat is advanced accordingly. It should have been stated that three players of the team at the bat are arranged on the stars in the field and as the players are successively put out, these playing pieces are moved from the stars on to the circles This keeps an accurate account of the play ers put out in the game and the total score is recorded on the score board 21.

It is believed that the foregoing descrip tion, when taken in connection with the drawings will render the game apparatus and the playing thereoit perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such intions relate, it being, of course, understood that different colored playing pieces are used for the runners or batsmen on the opposing teams and that the spinner 18 is at all times operated by the person whose team is represented by the team at bat and the spinner 19 is operated by the person whose player's are represented by the team in the field, although no playing pieces, except the pitcher 10 are employed by the last mentioned player.

Having described the invention, I claim 1. A game board having a field inscribed with a diamond, pivotally supported finger carrying playing pieces on the center of the diamond and to the rear of the home base, dials having figures thereon over which the fingers of the playing pieces are arranged when the said playing pieces are turned,

ill-3 two cylindrical dials divided into segments each bearing inscriptions relative to the plays made respectively by the batter and y the fielders of a baseball game and a 5 pivoted spinner on each of the last mentioned dials.

2. A board for playing the game of base-- ball comprising a flanged board and a flanged cover Which is hinged to the board, a field representing a diamond on the board, pivotally supported frictionally engaged player pieces on the field each having a pointer finger, one arranged in the center of the diamond and the other to the rear of the TORLIEF G. ERIGKSON. 

